San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-03-15
MOLLIE'S MURDER.
ANDREAS BOUTER SHOOTS AND
KILLS MO, LIE e. BROWN IN
THIS CITY.

Yesterday ai"rnouL just as the LIGHT
bad gone TO press information WAS re-
Crived that a woman had been murder
ed on Avenue ID. The LIGHT pPTigI ina
tor immediately let out to investigate
the matter. aud loon located the
scene of the crime at u cummodiOu5
house rented by II mula To nanI"d Moll .
+ Brown, on the north side Of an alley,
running between aud p ,rallel t" 6ih and
7Ih street, commencing on Av' nue. ID ~ d
opening OutO Avenue 4 A larg. crowd
Of people were OF the outside AMI the
front door VAS locked to keep the crowd
out. Passing through the garden gate
the reporter was admitted by Annie
clover. and ushered into the
front room There on the floor, in front
OF bureau, covered by white sheet,
lay the body OF
THE MURDERED WOMAN,
Just as she had fallen when hit by the
fatal shot. On the sheet being raised the
face and form OF comely mulattO
woman with a magnificent form, who
had evidently been q pretty woman in
her younger days. Her dress was
opened In the front, and the chemise,
covered with blood. There the woman
had been shot, and her death must have
been instantaneous.
On Investigating the cause of the
crime, the reporter interviewed Annie
Glover, who resided with Mollie Brown
for some time. All she could say was
that MOllie Brown, and her paramour,
Andrews Bouter, went out in the morn
| ing ut 8 o'clock. and did not return until
3:l5 o'clock. They came through the
back way, passing by her, and speaking
pleasantly. All seemed to be agreeable.
and they then passed into the room
where the
CRIME was COMMITTED.
A few minutes atterward, she heard a
| few words, then a shot, and soon after,
| Bouter rushed out with the pistol In
| hand aud passed out the back way. She
went into the room, found Mollic on the
| floor. Ed Robinson holding her, and was
| just In time to see her expire. The re-
porter next Intercepted Ed. Robinson,
| right and intelligent mulatto, whose
| testimony was important inasmuch as
| he WAS an eye tDess to the murder.
| Eds story was that he was lying upon a
cot that stood in one corner of the room,
and which was usually occupied by BOu
ter. Mollie, the murdered woman, WAS
his cousin and Bnpter was q friend,
whom he had known tor long time and
| respected. When Mollie and BOuter en-
tered the room, they appeared to be
| good friends, but there was sOue dis
turbance"
ABOUT RING.
Mollie stood in front OF the bureau.
| and he TO iced BOuter go to the drawer
and take out British bulldog revolver.
| a Galore, and put IL in his pocket, but
h., IL haf al al N
| il. He thought nothing Of that incident,
because B utter had packed it before.
| Some words passed soon after, which
| Ed. says he did not catch. then he heard
| Buuter say loudly and angrily, Don't
| YOU say that again" MOllie turned,
faced him and as he says, repeated the
words ~ teasing manner, but what
those words were he saws he did not
hear. AT this time be conveyed the i'm
| preston 70 the reporters mind that he
was concealing some evidence. Ed.
went on to say. that the words were not
quite all uttered when BOutpT drew the
pistol. and shot her. All was so quick
| and unexpected that there was TO time
70 do anything MOllie spun round and
| fell, wherein BOuCeT aimed at her
| again. Ell. partly srOse with the inten-
ton OF interfering when
BoUTER DREW THE PISTOL
on him, but did not fire Jus, then peo-
pie, attracted by the shot, were coming
| 10 the house and then BUuier stiZ his
hat. and. pistol in hand, ran from the
room. Then Ed went TO Mollle's assist
| anc", and raised her head. she mo Toned
| rs If she would speak and could NOT,
| CAPPED u few times and then fell back
dead.
Bouter after leaving the house was
seen to 20 In tie direction OF the Sunset
depot. and ALTHOUGH the police and
deputy sheriff had been in hot pursuit,
they have failed to find subsequent
trace of the murderer.
The murdered woman was native o {
Austin and has property there, but she
did not like the city and
would not live there. For some
years she was chambermuid
at Mr.. Victor's hotel in Laredo. She
was then
PRETTY AND FINE MULATTo
woman, but her reputation for morality
was not good. She was the guardian of
Boutei, who is said TO have been some
relation to her. For q time she was the
| mistress Of a well-known Jewish local
drummer. About five years ago she be-
came intimate with her murderOus
ward, and since then illicit relations
have been held. Two years ago Bouter
brought her to San Antonio, and they
have since lived here. At the time Of
| murder MUllie WAS in delicate coLdi-
tiun, so that a double murder has really
been committed. Her remains have
been shipped to Austin this morning.
BOuter Is alleged to have been the son
of wealthy Mexican resident of Cor
pus Christi by an illicit amour with
| pretty mulatto, and is about % years Of
age. He has been brought up amorg
MeXiCans chiefly. and speaks the Span
ish language fluently. Just before he
came TO the city his father gave him
$500, ard sent him in the world to seek
his fortune. 1t is said that he had all ac-
| count at the Texas National bank. He
was for
SOME TINE COOK
| in Mrs. Porter's clearinghouse; then
he was employed at Fred's saloon, on
Commerce street. He lett there of his
accord on the LIST of March, assigning as
u reason that he intended to join q
brother who lives in Betville and go into
business there. All give him a good
character, and The only fault named is
having n hasty temper. He is bright
nulatIo Intelligent and civil His very
prominent eyes are Distinguishing iea-
lure. He has also scar on the fore
had. When last seen he was attired in
blush pants, fawn colored frOok coat,
| and a Stetson hat. Ii lie supposed that
he will make his way to the Rio G ande,
L.. IL